The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-05-25


the road and one part set on the old founda-
ton of his house, to be made into dwell
ing, and the rest placed little south of
where the old shop stood, to be used for a
shop. - The rest of the old piazza in
front of Paines block has been taken down
and neat platform and railing put in its
place - The Dairy-maids' carnival "
last Friday evening was quite successful,
the receipts being over $50. 60 On Fri
day evening of this week the ladies of the
Congregational society will hold kalei-
doscope tea" at Howes' Hall. Saturday
afternoon there will be an exhibition OF
flowers, paintings, etc. Monday dinner and
lunch will be served. The public are in
vited to be present on all of these occasions.
- III. c. Cutting and family will spend
the summer here and are to occupy e. X.
Jones house. - Mrs. Adams of St.
Johnsbury is visiting her father, Denison
Brown - Morrill, Gilman was in town
last week. - Miss Helen Kenyon re-
turned last Thursday from four months
visit in st. Paul, MINI. - Rev. s. S.
Gates, missionary from India, occupied
the pulpit of the Congregational church last
Sunday. Mr.. Gates wife is niece of Rev. w.
S. Hazen. - Last November Mr.. ID. H.
Dutton of Royalton gave to Mrs. j. II. Or
cutt hen of the Wyandotte species, which
has since then laid two hundred two eggs in
two hundred five consecutive days. How
she came to lose three days was not ex-
planned.
GRADED SCHOOL NOTES.
THE graduating exercises of the Grammar
School occur next Tuesday evening and the
High School exercises the evening follow
ing - We have raised sufficient funds
for the necessary baseball equipments and
hope to make good use of them. - The
following is the programme of the Grammar
School graduating exercises: Music, March
Militaire;" prayer, Rev. A. H. Webb music
by the quartette; salutatory, Onward"
Lolita Tenney; recitation, Death-bed of
! D.. IT, ~
Index of Character" Luna G. Spald-
ing; music, solo; defamation, Paddy
McGrath's Encounter with Mr. Bruin,"
Charles H. Barber; histories of the class of
'S6, Henry A. Harvey; defamation, "The
Drummer-boy of Mission Ridge" John ID.
Andrews; music, duet, 1--WE are going
through life together" recitation, Daniel
in the Lions Den," Maud NJ. Briggs; reci-
tation, I" An Angel in Saloon Nellie NJ.
Jones; prophesies, class of 'S6, Addie l..
recitation, I" Margary Miller" Julia Hol-
land; recitation, IA Boys Views Of
Things" Homer E. Flint; valedictory,
Influence" William E. Tlden music
quartette.
Gouldsville.
CHARLES SMoNs of Barre has been spend
ing few days with his daughter, Mrs Fred
Sawyer. - Mrs. Harriet Glazier has
gone to Nashua, n. H., to stay with her
daughter this summer - May Pearson
has the measles. - Miss Stella Cross
has gone to Springfield Mass, where she
intends to remain this summer - Lewis
Hutchins has sold his horse to Dr. Mayo.
- Miss Lizzie Thompson is at home
from Enfield, n. III. - Miss Gertie
Pearson, who has been visiting in Randolph
and vicinity, has returned home.
PIainfield.
THERE will be memorial services here in
the Congregational church next Sunday
afternoon. Sermon by Rev. w. T. Swimmer
ton. On Monday there will be decoration
exercises, with an address by Rev. c. H.
Farnswortb in the Methodist church at half
past one O'Clock p NJ, after which process
sion will be formed and march to the ceme-
terry, where there will be further appropri-
ate exercises. The several Sunday-schoos
in town are especially invited to form and
march in the procession. A special invi-
tation is also extended to all honorably dis
charged soldiers who are not members Of
the Post here to take part in the exercises
and the citizens are invited to march in pro-
cession. The ladies are requested to have
what flowers they see fit to bring at the
Post hall as soon as Monday noon, and also
to bring flowers to the Congregational
church on Sunday to the memorial services.
1t is hoped that there will be general at
tendance at these exercises by the people
in this vicinity, as they will be the first of
the kind ever held here, and it is but meet
that we should thus publicly commemorate
the lives and deeds of the veterans that have
passed away. - Mr.. j. w. Rogers, who
some three weeks since was dangerously hurt
by falling and striking on his head, is better
and able to be out, but not able to work any
yet - Mrs Calista Cutler, formerly of
Orange, has hired and moved on to the farm
of Lewis Longe. - III. S. Laird and
Edward Maxtield went to Canada last
Monday to make arrangements for settle
ment of the estate of Davis MaXfield,
deceased - L. c. Hoyt, ESQ.,, is
still at Burlington. We learn that
he is somewhat improved by the med-
cal treatment he is receiving there. -
Fred Laird was unfortunate in being thrown
from carriage, last Friday, severely in
juring the knee he recently disabled in a
wrestle at Montpelier. He is able to limp
around with cane - Mrs. Swimmer
ton, wife OF Rev. W. T. Swinnerton, is very
i'll with pneumonia and her recovery is
: considered doubtful. A dispatch was sent
to her parents in Andover, Mass. and her
mother arrived Monday afternoon.
Roxbury.
HERBERT, son of John E. ID. Colby, has
been dangerously i'll for several days, but is
now reported better, DIR. Fiske attended
him. - Forbes of the Boston Journal
was in town on Monday trying to lure the
little fish from their abiding-places. -
A. A. Joslin has traded his real estate and
stock of goods in the village with Dayton L..
Nichols, taking the latters farm in ex-
change. MIR. Nichols has assumed posses
sion of the store and goods. - Miss
Abbie Wiley has so far recovered from her
recent illness as to be able to go to her
home in Warren, which she did last week.
- Mrs. Clayton Orcutt visited her
parents at West Randolph last week. -
George Eaton is making extensive repairs
on the house recently purchased by him, as
is also Joseph Harris on his house.
East Roxbury.
ID. l.. BUCK has gone to RoXbury to work.
A. j. Ladd has taken his land to till. -
Farmers are busy with their springs work.
Some have their crops all in. - There
were some snow-drfts in sight Tuesday, the
oath.
Waitsfield.
GENERAL w. w. CIRCUIT is to deliver the
address in this place on Memorial day. At
the last March meeting the town appropri-
ated a sum of money to be expended in a
proper observance of the day, and every eff
fort will be made to make the occasion a
success. The members of Ainsworth Post,
No. 8. G.. A. r.. earnestly request all old
| soldiers to join them in the observance of
the day The members of the Post, and all
others who may be pleased to do so, will at
tend divine service at the Methodist church
next Sunday. On Monday, at ten o'clock
A. NJ, the graves of fallen comrades will be
t decorated by details from Ainsworth Post.
At one p. NJ, the procession will form in
t front of Grand Army Hall, led by Goulds-
a VILE hand. and march To the DlaCe of serV-